Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27
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Don't fail to look over the fences
around the pastures before the stock
learn to break into the corn field
The demand for plum trees is very
heavy from all over the country. show
ing that growers see their value and
plant accordingly.
Where a young tree runs up In
height with but few strong branches
and a slender trunk. the top should De
trimmed off few inches, especially OF
the main shoots.-Troy Times.
To Soften Hard Water Hard wa
ter may be softened by adding sal am
moniac. One can also use spirits of
sal ammoniac, one teaspoonful to half
gallon of water. For washing pur-
poses the dose must be stronger.
Fuel should be provided in winter
for the summer months The busy
season will render it difficult to fill that
bill Later in the winter it can be pre-
pared in quantity ready for use. Be a
prompt and thrifty farmer.-Rural
.Axw Yorker.
-Pot-Pourri- cold chicken, or
other cold meat, chop fine. and put in
a stewpan with warm water, pepper.
salt and minced enion. Cook slowly
half an hour, put in a baking-pan with
grated bread crumbs and a teacup of
cream. Bake brown.-Good Cheer.
Sweet Onion Pickle.-Take two
quarts small onions cred are good).
soak in salt and water over night,
sweeten vinegar enough to cover them,
put in one tablespoon whole allspice,
put all ON the fire, let boil two or three
minutes, put in air-tight cans-Boston
| Budget.
Rice Griddle Cakes. half a
pound of rice, boil soft, drain and mix
with small cup of butter. let cool and
add one quart of milk. little salt and
six eggs Sift quarter of a pound Of
-four with teaspoon of baking pow
der. Bake on WELL CREASED griddle.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Apple Jelly.-Use fair, sour ap-
pies Slice them, skins, seeds and all,
and simmer with one-half cup of
water, till we'll booked and soft. Then
strain through cloth. add pound of
sugar to a pint of juice, boil few mo-
ments, skimming till clear; then pour
into glasses. and cover when cold. -
Farmer and Manufacturer.
| "A rose-colored mildew has proved
very destructive to tomato plants in
England this year. 1t is a fungus
known to botanists as Dactylium
roseum, but has hitherto been supposed
to exist only upon vegetation in decay.
never attacking live plants. English
agriculturists also complain of the APP
pearance of the Hessian fly in their
wheat and barley, while in Germany
the Colorado beetle is devastating the
potato crop.-N y Ledger.
To Bake and Stuff Fish.-Select
a large. firm heshed fresh fish, wash
it carefully in cold water and dry it in
II cloth. Crate some bread crumbs and
chop some parsley, take small sprig
of thyme and marjoram and chop fine
ly, mix one tablespoonful of the thyme
and marjoram. mix all with the bread
crumbs, adding salt and pepper to
taste: mix with two ounces chopped
suet; fill the fish with this stuffing, and
then sew it up; brush the fish over
with egg, and then roll it in bread
crumbs, covering it all over; grease a
dish or tin and lay the fish on, put
into the oven, and bake for three,quar-
tiers of an hour, basting it with drip
ping. Courier-JournaL
1t is common remark that farm
ing doesn't pay. but the St. Johnsbury
(Vt) Caledonian has some simple facts
to the contrary. Ii says: beginning
at farm a half-mile outside the lin
its of this village and following that
line all the way to the next town, a
distance of twelve miles, there are
eleven contiguous farms. On every
one of these farms the owners have
not only been able to get living. but
all have laid up money. and the own
ers of every one are now what might
be called forehanded. Several of these
men are worth from ten thousand dol
lars to fifteen thousand dollars each.
while one of them is worth at least
thirty thousand dollars, and this has
been made off the farm on which they
now live.